Latest from Auckland DHB
Smoking ban 'best news ever' - nzherald readers react
A threat to ban smokers from Auckland's top DHB splits nzherald readers.
Christchurch quake: Hospitals in north take in casualties
North Island hospitals are receiving Christchurch earthquake victims and plan to send specialists to help in the devastated city.
Fleas infesting Auckland hospitals
Nurses have resorted to wearing human flea collars on their ankles to protect against an infestation of the biting insects at Auckland hospitals, brought in by patients who own pets.
Levy in charge of two DHBs
Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.
DHB to apologise to mum sent bill after baby dies
The Auckland District Health Board will apologise to a mother whose unborn baby did not survive a publicly funded procedure at Auckland Hospital and was sent a $2200 bill for the treatment.
Mentally ill killer's outings safe - Coleman
The Associate Health Minister says he is confident it is safe for a schizophrenic man who beat a friend to death to be out unescorted in public, despite the victim's brother's pleas.
Mentally ill killer released on leave
A schizophrenic man who beat a friend to death after being released from psychiatric care - despite telling staff he wanted to kill someone - is allowed back into the community without supervision.
DHBs intimidating staff, says union
Vulnerable health workers are being suspended without pay to intimidate them into ending their industrial action, the lab workers' union says.
Rest homes reject DHB demand for birth details
Rest homes are refusing to comply with a demand to find old people's birth certificates to prove they are eligible for care subsidies.
Strikers' helpless victims
The parents of a baby girl are devastated after being told surgery to help her to eat without a tube has been postponed because of hospital strikes.